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Cross Game Reviews

From start to finish, Cross Game has been a very interesting series and one unlike most other sports series out there. From those first few episodes, we got a real feel for the style and nature of the series which h More »

The game has been played hard throughout and as it gets closer to the end, the tension really ramps up a lot. There's something to be said for the somewhat understated approach Cross Game uses with its sports moment More »

With Akane's surgery having gone off without a hitch, Ko is able to put all of his focus squarely on the game itself. He's been a bit cagey with his friends about what's gone on and all that was involved with it, ev More »

Cross Game has finally nudged Ko into going to see Akane in the hospital and it's one of those strangely pleasant yet quiet kind of moments. Ko's relationship with her does feel odd at times with how it's been unfol More »

Coming up with ways of talking about team performance without it seeming like bragging can be a challenge, but they have a nice way of doing it here as Aoba and Akaishi end up visiting Akane and she's asking how thi More »

Cross Game is reaching an interesting point where certain things are becoming apparent. While the game they're in gets called on account of rain as some torrential downpours have hit, Ko is getting some grief for ru More »

The game against Sena doesn't take long to get underway and there's some really neat little things about it that comes out early on. The revelation that the team's captain is just a social studies teacher with no ex More »

When the game gets rolling, there's some amusing aspects to it as they basically roll over on the competition as most of the guys have asked for dates depending on how they perform with Aoba. Well, Azuma didn't whic More »

It continues to be refreshing to see a cast of characters with dreams that they're pursuing that feel realistic and achievable. We've seen Ko and the others go through several challenges in the last couple of years, More »

The lives of the guys playing for Seishu has certainly gotten more
interesting now that Junpei has signed on to do batting practice with
them as the coach has been injured a bit doing things he shouldn't have.
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